Dual Workforce Efficiencies Lead

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust; Lane End; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Dual Workforce Efficiencies Lead to drive workforce innovations and efficiencies within their teams. The role involves overseeing day-to-day operations, managing stakeholder engagement, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Strong leadership and strategic planning skills are essential, alongside proven experience in HR or workforce management. The organization offers a supportive environment with opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Optional pension

Life assurance

Childcare co-ordination team

Qualifications

• Proven experience in HR or workforce management.
• Ability to lead teams and manage competing priorities.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operational running of workforce efficiencies.
• Develop effective relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Drive compliance with regulatory efficiency and productivity requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Data Analysis

Strategic Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

The Cornwall system has recognised the requirements for us to establish a substantive Dual Workforce Efficiencies team, working to support both CFT and RCHT with current and future workforce challenges. This team may also interface with the ICB to support system-wide changes which have workforce implications. Workforce Efficiencies is a service area within the HR & OD function within Cornwall Foundation Trust (CFT) and the POD function within Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT). It is a dually contracted team in place to drive workforce efficiencies and innovative solutions to new ways of working across the health and care community within Cornwall and IOS. The Dual Workforce Efficiencies Lead will be responsible for the operational running and delivery of workstreams within workforce efficiencies, providing leadership and management of the work, team, processes & policies, systems, associated SLAs & KPIs, as well as the delivery of identified schemes, saving and agreed financial targets linked to improvement plans, including cost reduction, productivity gain and quality improvement across Trusts and the health and care system.

Responsibilities

• Dual CPO
• Deputy Director of HR & OD
• Deputy Director of POD
• Dual Associate Director of Workforce Efficiencies
• Chief Executive and Executive Directors
• Trust Chair and Non-Executive Directors
• Associate Directors and Heads of Service within HR & OD/POD
• Senior managers across the organisation
• ICB
• Direct reports
• Staff Side representatives
• NHS Employers
• Local partners
• External providers
• To work as a key lead of the Workforce Efficiencies Team, the POD directorate within RCHT and the HR & OD directorate within CFT and develop effective, supportive relationships and channels of communication to ensure that the services provided meet operational needs and support the strategic plans of the Trust
• Communicate with a wide range of senior leaders; influencing and collaborating on workstreams across organisational boundaries Management and Personal Development
• Effective day to day leadership and management of team members, including supervision and annual appraisals and utilising a flexible workforce across Workforce Efficiencies to support Trust requirements
• Keep up to date on current practices, best practice, legislation and requirements of all services areas
• Working with both Trusts and alongside the HR & OD and POD teams to set up new programmes of work to deliver service, Trust and system objectives, working with subject matter experts on the strategic planning, scoping, design and delivery.
• Plans and organises a broad range of activity including the coordination and development of service strategy, business plans, and associated programmes of work, positioning the delivery of priorities and initiatives within the national and local context
• Identify, review and implement innovative strategies and ways of working taking into account the National, Regional and Local priorities and examples of best practice
• Deliver all activities in the context that the Trust needs to comply with regulatory efficiency and productivity requirements, by driving down costs associated to the workforce, keeping in mind the need to retain the best quality people to deliver high quality care with the most cost effective models of working
• To work with colleagues and system partners to develop an agreed set of outcomes to be delivered across entire pathways and oversee implementation and monitoring
• Support the establishment of the scope and reach of the People Partnership and overall approach to place based, system resourcing, ensuring access to quality interim resource when needed
• Through proactive engagement and via a range of methods, develop an effective network of partners, stakeholders and suppliers ensuring the organisation is able to respond effectively to resourcing challenges
• Devise, develop and implement processes and policies, ensuring stakeholder engagement and a clear communication plan and training where required to support the widest implementation
• Undertake surveys or audits during project delivery and after project completion to ensure learning is taken forward, and benefits realisation is achieved. Research national and systemwide initiatives to identify best practice and shared learning
• Be confident and competent in analysing data and information that can be complex, and be able to produce documentation, presentations, policies and/or processes that can break down the content and clearly articulate options for consideration and agreement
• Working in partnership with teams, Trust senior leaders and system partners to develop workstreams that are innovative and forward thinking, developing implementation plans and leading until close or until the workstream is in a position to transition to business as usual
• Continually monitor and review the workstream requirements utilising all platforms available
• Prepare and present detailed plans/business cases where there may be strategic sign up required and/or financial investment; these plans/business cases could be for a short term change initiative or a long term change in position and practice that is needed in a single organisation or across the health and care system
• Take responsibility for the organisation and implementation of systems where they are part of an agreed workstream
• Take responsibility for the organisation, implementation of service level agreements, service reviews and development within workforce efficiencies workstreams
• Able to manage conflicting priorities and workstreams which require persuasion negotiation, and the ability to communicate with clarity on highly technical subjects
• Able to both provide a vast array of complex information, suitably presented for the audience it is intended for; utilising highly developed verbal and written skills where being able to influence and promote co-operative working is essential
• Able to develop and present options appraisals and proposed business cases, seeking shared agreement; this could be to a single decision maker or a large group of stakeholders
• Contribute to the development of regular reports to the Trust Board and subgroups
• Ensure cost-benefits and efficiency are identified as part of the planning process, including identifying waste and opportunities
• Document and disseminate best practice and lessons learned for the benefit of future projects undertaken by the Trust and any other partner organisation.

Benefits

Optional pension and life assurance and a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team. The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organisation. We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support the ever-changing environment in which we operate.